Domain Name News
Internet's new world order (Australian IT)
World governments will have direct input into internet technical
policies in a radical shift by the Internet Corporation for Assigned
Names and Numbers (ICANN). 

http://www.australianit.com.au/articles/0,7204,3840719%5E16123%5E%5Enbv%5E,00.html

http://news.cnet.com/investor/news/newsitem/0-9900-1028-8896957-0.html
 http://www.newsbytes.com/news/02/174731.html
 http://www.nando.com/technology/story/268535p-2470362c.html
 http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/2741326.htm
President's Report: ICANN - The Case for Reform (ICANN)
 http://www.icann.org/general/lynn-reform-proposal-24feb02.htm

The Murky Debate Over an Internet Address Database (New York Times)
Anyone who registers a Web address must provide the company that
handles the registration with a name, mailing address, e-mail address
and phone number - certainly, not an unreasonable amount of
information to exchange in a business relationship. 
 http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/25/technology/ebusiness/25NECO.html

EU agrees on new Internet name suffix (Nando Times)
The European Parliament has approved the new Internet address
extension of ".eu".
 http://www.nando.com/technology/story/267552p-2463623c.html

Report on the Council common position for adopting a European
Parliament and Council regulation on the implementation of the .eu
Top Level Domain

http://www2.europarl.eu.int/omk/OM-Europarl?PROG=PRESS-BRIEF&L=EN&PUBREF=-//EP//TEXT+PRESS-BRIEF+BR-20020227-B+0+DOC+SGML+V0//EN&LEVEL=1&REFERER=X&NAV=X#SECTION4

Recommendation For Second Reading
on the Council common position for adopting a European Parliament and
Council regulation on the implementation of the .eu Top Level Domain

http://www2.europarl.eu.int/omk/OM-Europarl?PROG=REPORT&L=EN&PUBREF=-//EP//TEXT+REPORT+A5-2002-0027+0+DOC+SGML+V0//EN&LEVEL=3&NAV=S

Domain name commissioner wanted (IDG)
InternetNZ, formerly the Internet Society (ISOCNZ), has advertised
for its first domain name commissioner to oversee the operation of
the .nz namespace both during and after the shift to a new system,
says InternetNZ president Keith Davidson. 

http://www.idgnet.co.nz/webhome.nsf/UNID/AEA460DD4EC94F9CCC256B64001297CA!opendocument

Queue again for .biz domains (BBC)
Legal action has forced the owner of the .biz domain to change the
way it hands out popular net names.
 http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_1834000/1834201.stm

Romania gets set for ICANN conference (Europemedia.net)
Three local IT and internet companies, ICI, RNC and Artelecom, are
planning to organize Romania’s annual ICANN conference in Bucharest
by mid-June.  
 http://www.europemedia.net/shownews.asp?ArticleID=8555



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